The BEST episodes of Food Unwrapped season 8
Every episode of Food Unwrapped season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Food Unwrapped season 8!
The food and science series that travels the world to explore the industry secrets behind our favourite produce, industry secrets, and how foods are really made.
#1 - Coconut Oil, Artichokes, Absinthe
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2016
Kate Quilton learns how coconut oil is extracted in Vietnam before heading to the English seaside, where she commandeers a mobile chip van to find out which oil is the healthiest. Jimmy Doherty is in Italy to find out what goes into a supermarket jar of artichoke hearts, while Matt Tebbutt discovers whether absinthe can really lead to hallucinations and madness.
#2 - Pepper, Yeast, Crisps
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/16/2016
Kate Quilton visits Vietnam, where a global surge in demand for pepper has transformed the lives of farmers across the country. She learns the difference between black and white varieties and the secrets of peppercorn quality control, and discovers the remarkable lengths to which producers go to guard their valuable crop from thieves. Jimmy Doherty meets a man whose job entails harvesting different strains of yeast from locations around the world and Matt Tebbutt looks into how manufacturers flavour crisps.
#3 - Bell Peppers, Leeks, Manuka Honey
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/30/2016
Jimmy Doherty takes to the skies above Israel as he joins the battle to protect the bell pepper crop from the Mediterranean fruit fly, while Kate Quilton investigates premium-priced manuka honey, which is marketed for its anti-bacterial properties. Matt Tebbutt visits the UK's largest leek producer, where he's shocked by how much of the vegetable goes to waste, but amazed by a mobile factory on wheels that can process 60,000 leeks a day.
#4 - Marmalade, Fish, Goat
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2016
Jimmy Doherty heads to the Spanish city of Seville to look for the mysterious ingredient that gives marmalade its bitter tang, while Kate Quilton meets an entrepreneur who has developed an ecosystem that could revolutionise the future of fish farming. Matt Tebbutt hits the streets to see how billy goat meat goes down with the British public.
#5 - Dates, Sausages, Apples
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2016
Jimmy Doherty heads off to Israel on the trail of the fresh date, with his search taking him to a vast water purification plant where the raw sewage of Tel Aviv is used to turn barren desert into fertile farmland. Kate Quilton is in Belfast to meet a sausage-maker whose sales suffered in the wake of the recent World Health Organisation report linking processed meat to cancer, while Matt Tebbutt is in Kent, where experts have perfected the science of growing apples.